calque

noun

«calque» in the English dictionary: in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

In Jewish tradition

Here it means to translate the Hebrew word belimah in a word-for-word way.

Interpretation. Some translators explain belimah as meaning "without what," so the sefirot are "numbers with no essence". It is one of several tries to understand this hard word.

Meaning

A word or phrase made by translating each part of a word from another language. tree →

Examples

It might best be calqued as 'whatlessness', meaning 'having no essence', and thus the ‘Ten Sefirot Belimah’ would be the ‘Ten Essenceless/Whatless Numbers'. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) tree →

Note

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On Mova

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